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Pennsylvania voters have approved a constitutional amendment that could eventually lead to property tax cuts.

The amendment authorizes state lawmakers to pass a law allowing local governments to exempt the full value of homes from taxes.

Fifty-four percent of voters chose "Yes" at the polls on Tuesday. The question on the ballot was, "Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to permit the General Assembly to enact legislation authorizing local taxing authorities to exclude from taxation up to 100 percent of the assessed value of each homestead property within a local taxing jurisdiction, rather than limit the exclusion to one-half of the median assessed value of all homestead property, which is the existing law?"